Chris' Wine Bottle Cakescape (70th)

Yet another first for us. We love a challenge! 

Often the cost of making a cake does not take into account (at all) the extensive time 

and immeasurable effort we pour into our creations.

And we blame nobody else but ourselves for this -

we have, countless of times, found ourselves carried away

and diverting from what's meant to be a simple cake.

The true reward is simply proving to ourselves that we could!

Here is a perfect example of the above scenario: 

The box is the cake. 

The wine bottle (a replica of a real NZ winemaker's bottle) is made of fondant.

 The grapes and grapevine leaves were hand-crafted. No silicone moulds!
(Ain't buying overly-priced moulds for one-off jobs!Hmp! LOL)

Thank you, Chris & Penny, for joining us on this sugary-sweet journey!

Kate & Jay's Ombré Ruffle Wedding Cake

 Because we are bespoke cake stylists, most of our work are original designs. 

However, it is a common practice of most aspiring cake decorators 

and hobbyists to 'take inspiration' (aka copy ideas) 

from much more experienced and innovative masters of the craft. 

We are also only learning, but our point of difference is that when we do borrow an idea,

we give credit where it's due. 

For this next number, the bride - Kate was really enamored by the simplicity 

of this Bobbette & Belle wedding cake design:

 

Kate is our Janey's old friend all the way from High School.

We are honoured to help create their dream day!

Here is our humble take on the brooch & ruffles ensemble:

The bottom tier was red vlevet cake in white chocolate ganache frosting.

The middle tier was lemon-vanilla pound cake with white choc ganache.

Th top tier was white choc mud cake with creamy milk choc ganache.

Such yummy colours!!! 

We must have stared at it for hours after assembling it, it was mesmerizing!

 

The night of the wedding, Kate texted Jane...

she said it was 'delish'! Now, to make a pretty cake - that's one thing.

To make a delicious cake - that's yet another!!!

 Happy.

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Kloé-cake's Cake Smash Photoshoot

We are soooo super happy that our princess was born 

in the spring time - Sakura-season! 

Here are photos by our talented friend from Available Light Ltd

of our 1 year old photo-shoot at Cornwall Park:

The egg-free, dairy-free vanilla pound cake... was covered in butter cream (LOL)!

 

The sakura on the cake is made of rice wafer:

Our princess and her smash cake:

 Oooops!

 

Thank you for joining Kloé-cake in this sugary-sweet journey!

Kloé Abigail's First Birthday Party Part 3 - The Cake

The one cake Joy has looked forward to making since the princess was born:

Original design and concept by Mommy Joy. 

The sugar flowers were hand-crafted with much love by Aunty Jane.

 

Our princess with her cake in the background:

Cutting the cake!

 

(Photos by: Available Light Ltd.)

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Tulip Painted mini-cake

We have been experimenting with hand-painting on fondant. 

This tulip-inspired number was made for Jane's fiance's mom's birthday.

Did you follow? hahah! too many apostrophes. 

So, of course we have a long way to go. We aren't exactly fine arts graduates.

But just humour us for a bit. ok? LOL

 Thanks for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Buttercream-Only 79th Birthday Cake

Hello! We received an overseas phone call for a 

short-notice request (2days!) from one of our very first 'clients' 

when we got started, and so we couldn't say no. 

It was for her dear mum's birthday...

 

 When looking for inspiration, we stumbled upon a 

beautiful modern buttecream-only cake by a US bakery. 

So, on a whim, we decided this was

our chance to dabble into the world of piped flower icings.

 

This is our first official attempt in making

a buttercream-only creation.

The cake is a vanilla yoghurt pound cake, 

layered and frosted with lemon-vanilla buttercream.

 

 It is a 6"x7" round barrel cake (double height, 

including the flowers) and is good for a party of 20-25. 

We're rather pleased with how the colour scheme came together. 

The problem with most of the traditional-style buttercream cakes 

is that they are often dull in appearance and lacking

in liveliness, crispness and contrast.

 

Thank God for the world wide web and YouTube University

for the crash course on basic piping techniques!

Oh, and credits to Bona Ceri Floral Cakes for our inspiration.

 

And just when we were about to go to sleep, 

we decided that the flowers alone were not enough star-factor, 

so we got out of bed again to hand-mould 

the number 79 out of modeling chocolate... just because.

 

 There you go - our very first buttercream-only cake!

We look forward to many more buttercream-only creations...

we think we're rather hooked. :)

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Jane & Arvee's Love Heart Engagement / Save the Date Cake

Our very own Jane is engaged! 

The lucky man is Arvee, whom Jane met several years ago

through Joy's darling hubby Kenneth.

 

Here are more snap shots of their e-shoot by the very talented Available Light LTD, 

featuring a simple but elegant 'save the date' cake.

The venue for the shoot was Auckland Domain 

(including the Winter Gardens and Auckland War Memorial Museum).

Styling by Joy;  design & concept by none other than Jane herself... 

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Ashley's Cherry Blossom 15th Birthday Cake

Kia ora! 

This creation is for a friend of our good friend Christia of Take the Cake, Brisbane. 

This is our very first attempt at making pulled flower sugar bouquet. What a pleasure! 

We've dreamed of creating a cherry blossom cake for such a long time. 

In fact, we love it so much that Jane had originally planned to have 

a similar design for her wedding in January, but changed her mind 

because January down here is the middle of summer - no longer spring.

It was going to be a simple 2D design, but we got carried away... again... as we do... often. 

And here it is, all boxed up and ready for pick-up:

 

The bottom tier was milk chocolate mud-cake layered with chocolate ganache. 

The top tier is a red velvet cake, layered with white chocolate ganache.

Thank you, Ashley, for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Franky & KC got engaged!

Franky and KC got engaged, and here's the cake we made for them:

Congratulations on your engagement, Franky and KC! Have fun planning your upcoming wedding! :D

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

An engagement cake for Denise and Dee

March 2011: Here's a sweet treat we made for a beautiful couple's engagement party. When I say beautiful, I mean, beautiful! They must wonder why I keep staring at them when I get to see them. ;p

It's a vanilla cake with vanilla-white choc filling and vanilla buttercream frosting; fondant finished; gumpaste anemone flowers.

Congratulations on your engagement, Denise and Dee!

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!